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Page 104
... says of Spenser , that he wrote no language , but has formed what Butler calls a Babylonish dialect , in itself harsh and barbarous , but made , by exalted genius and extensive learning , the vehicle of so much instruc- tion and so much ...
... says of Spenser , that he wrote no language , but has formed what Butler calls a Babylonish dialect , in itself harsh and barbarous , but made , by exalted genius and extensive learning , the vehicle of so much instruc- tion and so much ...
Page 208
... says Pope , had been tried for the first time in favour of The Distrest Mother ; and was now , with more efficacy , practised for Cato . The danger was soon over . The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction . The Whigs ...
... says Pope , had been tried for the first time in favour of The Distrest Mother ; and was now , with more efficacy , practised for Cato . The danger was soon over . The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction . The Whigs ...
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... says Pope , " had something in it more charming than I have found in any other man . But this was only when familiar : before strangers , or perhaps a single stranger , he preserved his dignity by a stiff silence . " This modesty was by ...
... says Pope , " had something in it more charming than I have found in any other man . But this was only when familiar : before strangers , or perhaps a single stranger , he preserved his dignity by a stiff silence . " This modesty was by ...
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Absalom and Achitophel acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears blank verse censure character considered conversation Cowley criticism death declared delight desire diction diligence Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English excellence expected faults favour friends genius Georgics happy honour Iliad images imagination imitation John Dryden John Wain Johnson kind King knew known labour language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mentioned metaphysical poets Milton mind nature neglected never NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion Paradise Lost passions performance perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise produced published Queen reader reason received remarks reputation resentment rhyme Samuel Johnson satire Savage says seems sentiments solicited sometimes sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thought told tragedy translation truth Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue write written wrote